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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1998, p. 6-10, Vol. 36, No. 1
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Survey of Human Group C Rotaviruses in Japan during the Winter of 1992 to 1993

Mitsutaka Kuzuya,1,* Ritsushi Fujii,1 Masako Hamano,1 Masao Yamada,2 Kuniko Shinozaki,3 Akira Sasagawa,4 Sumiyo Hasegawa,5 Hiroyoshi Kawamoto,6 Kazuo Matsumoto,7 Ayumi Kawamoto,8 Asao Itagaki,9 Sadayuki Funatsumaru,10 and Syozo Urasawa11

Department of Microbiology, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, Okayama 701-02,1 Department of Virology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700,2 Public Health Laboratory of Chiba Prefecture, Chiba 260,3 Niigata Prefectural Research Laboratory for Health and Environment, Niigata 950-21,4 Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama 939-03,5 Gifu Prefectural Institute of Health and Environmental Science, Gifu 500,6 Fukui Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Fukui 910,7 Tottori Prefectural Public Health Laboratory, Tottori 680,8 Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane 690-01,9 Saga Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Saga 849,10 and Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060,11 Japan

Received 2 June 1997/Returned for modification 4 August 1997/Accepted 1 October 1997

Fecal specimens from patients with acute diarrhea were collected from 10 prefectures in Japan over a 6-month period (November 1992 to April 1993), and the specimens that were negative for human group A rotaviruses were screened for the presence of human group C rotaviruses (CHRVs) by the reverse passive hemagglutination test. Of 784 specimens examined, 53 samples (6.8%) that were collected in 7 of 10 prefectures were positive for CHRV, indicating that CHRVs are widely distributed across Japan. Most of the CHRV isolates were detected in March and April, and CHRVs mainly prevailed in children ages 3 to 8 years. The genome electropherotypes of eight strains isolated in five individual prefectures were surprisingly similar to each other and were different from those of CHRV strains isolated to date. The outer capsid glycoprotein (VP7) gene homologies of the isolates retrieved in 1993 were subsequently analyzed by the dot blot hybridization method. As a result, the VP7 genes of the isolates revealed very high levels of homology not only with each other but also with the VP7 gene of the OK118 strain isolated in 1988. These results suggest that a large-scale outbreak of CHRV occurred during the winter of 1992 and 1993 in Japan.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, 739-1 Uchio, Okayama City, 701-02 Japan. Phone:001-81-86-298-2681. Fax: 001-81-86-298-2088. E-mail: DZB18171{at}biglobe.ne.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1998, p. 6-10, Vol. 36, No. 1
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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